Particles, Family, and Plurals http://www.as.ua.edu......ammar3.htm
Most Japanese parents address their young children using an abbreviated form of the first name plus -kun for boys or -chan for girls. Using the name suffix -san (Mr/s.) would be weird! First names that are three or four hiragana characters long are usually abbreviated to two characters plus the name suffix:
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Interrogatives http://www.griffith.......usage.html
There are two ways to make interrogative questions.
The first expression starts with...
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Where to place what in a sentence http://japan-studies......ntence.php
Sentence construction
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The basic order of the Subject, Verb and Object is different from English. English is an SVO language, Japanese is an SOV language.
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Phrase Base http://www.phrasebas......anese.html
Information and discussions about the Japanese Language. help with phrases and translations.
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Te-aru http://www.jgram.org......tagE=tearu
The Japanese Grammar database has thousands of entries for Japanese Grammar.
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Some Things to Remember http://www.griffith.......opics.html
Grammatically, one of the most misunderstood Japanese words by basic learners may be 「すき」. 「すき」is believed to be an equivalent verb of the English "to like".
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MIT Characteristics of Japanese http://web.mit.edu/j......guage.html
The Japanese language is spoken by the approximately 120 million inhabitants of Japan, and by the Japanese living in .....
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Suffixes & Conjunctions http://www.as.ua.edu......ammar1.htm
Name suffix -san
The name suffix "san" can be used after first names or family names to represent "Mr.," "Miss" or "Mrs." It is very important to not use it for your own name! Notice in the dialog that Carlos uses "san" for greeting Mr. Tanaka, and Aiko does not introduce herself using "san."
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Quick and Dirty Guide http://www.csse.mona......guide.html
Many students of Japanese just want to communicate. Sure, they want to say things correctly as often as possible, but ......
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Te & De Conjunctions http://www014.upp.so....../01feb.htm
This "te-form" is used to connect the sentences. "Te-form" itself doesn't have specific meanings.
The meaning of the te-form varies according to context which the first sentence and
the following sentence produce.
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Wa & Ga http://www014.upp.so....../99apr.htm
We use this form to express a universal truth, custom and known information and explanations .
The latter part of the sentence is the focus.
ex) Nihon wa ajia ni aru shimaguni desu
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Naru http://www014.upp.so....../02feb.htm
verb + tai (want to do)/verb + yasui (easy to do)/verb + nikui (hard to do)/nai-form verb are included in the pattern of the above #1: i-adjective + naru.
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Japanese School Forum http://s9.invisionfr......no_Gakkou/
Online forum for asking hard questions not listed elsewhere.
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Sentence Patterns http://www.amazon.co......e&n=283155
Amazon.com: Books: A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Sentence Patterns (Kodansha Dictionary) by Naoko Chino
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Personal Pronouns http://www.jref.com/......ouns.shtml
Contrarily to European languages, Japanese has many different pronouns for each person (I, you, he/she, we...). "I" and "you" have an especially...
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Tame ni http://www014.upp.so....../02nov.htm
The dictionary form of a volitional verb should be used before gtame(ni) and a negative-form(nai-form) of a verb seldom before it. Subject of a sentence and the actor of a verb before gtame(ni)h are usually the same.
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Te-aru http://www.e-japanes....../tearu.htm
Meaning has been brought about on purpose by somebody, It has been done by somebody
Use transitive verb te-form + aru
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Monthly Grammar Lesson http://www014.upp.so....../index.htm
We are Japanese teachers. We have been teaching Japanese for more than ten years. We always try to teach students Japanese so that they can acquire a good command of it . We are prepared to teach from
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Te Aru http://www.ling.ed.a......ngale.html
Among the mechanisms in Japanese which express the Aspect of a sentence, verbs can combine together using the conjunctive te.
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Expressing Tendencies http://www.guidetoja......dency.html
In this lesson, we will go over various types of grammar that deal with tendencies. Like much of the Advanced Section, all the grammar in this lesson are used mostly in written works and are generally not used in conversational Japanese.
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